Revealing Hidden Awareness After Brain Injury with Cognitive Signals

In this episode of The Open Loop, Chay Carter is joined by Sudhin Shah and Jeremy Hill, Co-Founders of Cognitive Signals. Sudhin is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, where her research focuses on cognitive recovery following brain injury. Jeremy is CTO of Cognitive Signals, bringing expertise in neuroscience, brain-computer interfaces, machine learning and software development. Together, they share how their research into disorders of consciousness led to the creation of Cognitive Signals: a company developing EEG-based technology to help assess cognitive function in patients who cannot communicate through speech or movement. We explore how the technology uses audiobooks and brain responses to spoken language to investigate comprehension, and why bringing these tools out of research laboratories and into clinical settings could change how patients are assessed after severe brain injury. Key takeaways: 🔹 Why patients who appear unresponsive may still retain awareness and cognitive function 🔹 How Cognitive Signals uses EEG and spoken language to investigate comprehension 🔹 Why traditional bedside assessments can miss signs of cognitive activity 🔹 How the company is working towards more accessible assessment in ICUs and clinical settings 🔹 Where the technology could expand, from recovery after anaesthesia to longer-term cognitive monitoring Host: Chay Carter Founder, Carter Sciences | Co-Founder, Reccy Neuro LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chay-carter/ Guests: Sudhin Shah, PhD Co-Founder, Cognitive Signals | Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudhin-shah-b85841b Jeremy Hill, DPhil Co-Founder and CTO, Cognitive Signals LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/njhill Company: Cognitive Signals Website: https://cognitivesignals.com/ The Open Loop is a podcast exploring the people, companies, and ideas shaping the future of neurotechnology. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations with the founders, researchers, operators, and industry leaders building what comes next in brain health, medicine, and technology. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone interested in neurotechnology. New episodes of The Open Loop drop weekly. Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by Reccy Neuro — the home of neurotech. Jobs, companies, investors, events, Cortex industry intelligence, and specialist resources for the neurotech market. Learn more about Reccy Neuro here: https://neuro.reccy.dev/